This SLTAT met as the parallel session, "Fostering Deaf/hearing Communication through Avatar Technology"
at HCI International in Vancouver, British Columbia.
It considered issues related
to research towards utilizing avatars for more effective communication between the Deaf and hearing communities.
This includes novel approaches to generating signed language via avatars, advancements in corpus-based machine
translation between signed and spoken language, and use cases involving avatars.will address issues related
to research towards utilizing avatars for more effective communication between the Deaf and hearing communities.
This includes novel approaches to generating signed language via avatars, advancements in corpus-based machine
translation between signed and spoken language, and use cases involving avatars.